Welcome to Republican - Tea Party world. Whatever became of that Christian concern "for the least among us"? Welcome to the world of a President Cruz and his ilk. And in case you missed it, taking car more »

Welcome to Republican - Tea Party world. Whatever became of that Christian concern "for the least among us"? Welcome to the world of a President Cruz and his ilk. And in case you missed it, taking car more »

The East Anglia bombshell was largely a hoax. My problem with this post is that it promotes doing nothing about the massive introduction of carbon dioxide and pollutants into the atmosphere on the bas more »

Joan, did it ever to you that a tax that targets a specific industry ought to have some relevance to that industry as to the purpose for which the is levied. Taxing high tech services to provide fund more »

Unbridled greed if ever it existed. Does killing the Golden Goose come to mind when reading this story? Dismantling a proven business model to extract millions for already wealthy family members har more »

Thank you, Dialogic, for your reply. I would be interested to learn what are the "good reasons why untenured or contract professors would not sign." Are they less interested in academic freedom than t more »

The real scandal is that only 40% of the faculty signed the petition. One has to wonder what they think they're saving their tenure for if defending a colleague's freedom of speech doesn't qualify. more »

worc33: You are right. A good question to ask Harvard is whether Keating was indeed paid for his work (yet another flaw on the journalist's part). On your first point, however, I beg to differ. There more »

And who is the author the report? You won't find out by reading this poorly conceived piece. This is Journalism 101. Keating is a partner at Foley Hoag and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Might more »

The only thing correct in this post is the last line: the relationship of a Catholic is with Jesus Christ/God. So how is it that the Pope and Cardinal O'Malley get to interpret what God wants us to be more »

O'Malley shuns an Austrian priest who has the temerity to address the future of the priesthood at a time when few men would ever consider a religious vocation. He also shunned the Prime Minister of I more »

Some help here, please. Is this the Bishop of Worcester who last year forced Anna Maria College in Paxton to disinvite Vicki Kennedy as the school's graduation speaker? While he imposes his moral view more »

I met Mr. Lewis once many years ago at a graduation ceremony at Regis College where his wife was a Trustee. Unassuming, modest, and in no need of attention or adulation which others with his credent more »

So the fixer brought into Boston to "fix" Bernard Law's mess (and earlier Fall River and Palm Beach) may replace the Vatican fixer also known as "God's Rotweiler," Benedict. Might there be a pattern h more »

This tells me that Brown saw the results of the Suffolk/News 7 poll showing that he is losing by 7%. That's just way too much ground to make up in a week. Thumbing his nose at the voters won't help hi more »

What an instructive incident. When a few Warren SUPPORTERS do something offensive such as the gay slur incident, Elizabeth Warren apoligizes. When Brown's deputy chief of staff and hired campaign work more »

Harping on Warren's ancestry is making Brown look increasingly like a Donald Trump/birther clone. Is this the legacy he wants to leave, including standing by members of his staff engaged in overtly ra more »

Scott "Birther" Brown has shown his true racist colors -- "look at her, she's not a minority." Brown is competing with his apparent mentor, The Donald, at being the best mudslinger he can be. Watching more »

This little episode is revealing of Ryan condemning publicly the recovery package while privately behind the scenes advocating for constituents to Washington agencies, claiming that the money would sa more »

Trying to shield himself with an endorsement from Ray Flynn? Really? As Brown is one who reported suffering sexual abuse as a child, I'm at a loss to explain why Brown would associate himself with thi more »

Leadership means you lead. Warren led the effort to create the Consumer Protection Bureau, an achievement that has saved consumers hundreds of million of dollars. That's progressive leadership that re more »